21 Blogs Making Fun Homemade Mixtures for the Kids to Get Their Hands Into

Kids love to get their hands into things, and some children learn much better by doing things rather than just listening to others. This type of learning is called tactile learning. If your child is a tactile learner, you can make your own tactile substances to entertain and teach him. To find recipes for different tactile products you can make at home, take a look at these 21 blog posts.

Playdough

Letting the kids help you mix up a batch of play dough isn’t just fun, it’s also a great learning experience. You can get them involved in the assembly process by having the kids measure out the ingredients for you; not only will this allow them to help out, it will also teach them basic math skills. There are several different ways to make playdough, and you can create dough with different scents and colors, too. These seven blog articles will give you the recipes you need to whip up a batch of dough for your kids.

DIY Playdough Try this recipe for a homemade version that smells great and is very similar to the store bought variety. Keep in mind that it will have to be refrigerated before it can be used.

DIY Playdough This dough recipe is made with gel colors that allow you to control the color of it. Since it’s made with salt, you won’t have to refrigerate it.

Playing with sand doesn’t have to be reserved for beaches or sandboxes. Sometimes you can play with sand right at home. It may sound like a messy disaster, but the recipes in these seven blog articles require minimal ingredients, are inexpensive to assemble and are simple to clean up.

Indoor Sand Castles Use this recipe to make a batch of cloud dough for your kids to use when making sand castles inside.

Indoor Sand Castle Stuff You can combine fine sand that you can buy at a craft store with some cornstarch to create an indoor sand castle.

Indoor Sand Castles Mixing sand with the other ingredients in the recipe allows you to have an indoor sand castle making session.

Indoor Sand Castle To mimic the look of real sand, mix up some sand, alum and cornstarch with water and cook it into a sandy dough.

Sometimes you just need to get your hands messy! Mix science with getting a little goopy and you have a fun afternoon project you can do with the kids. Whether you want to make slime, gak or flubber, you’ll find a recipe for each in these seven blog posts

How to Make Glitter Slime Start with glitter glue of any color to create this fancy slime that the kids will enjoy getting their hands into.